Has Anyone Ever Heard of Going Off Your AD for a Month & It Works Again?

Has Anyone Ever Heard of Going Off Your AD for a Month & It Works Again?

I'm sorry, I just had to see if anyone has heard of this or if it's happened to any of you...

I just read about someone who says that his AD stops working usually after 9-12 months (it happens to be lexapro), he then switches ADs for a month and then he goes back to lexapro and it works perfectly for him.

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Wow! I would think that can't be good at all! I have taken Lexapro for 6 years and it never stopped working. I think everyone has a different experience. BUt going on and off would cause issues withdrawal and side effects, I would guess?

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ljenner, i don't know WHAT to think...I couldn't believe what I was reading because that is my problem...my lexapro stopped working and i just never heard of anything like this.

He says he takes 1/2 his current dose and adds a small amount of the new AD for the first 5 days, then discontinues lexapro. He did this last time with cymbalta and stayed on that for 2 months before returning to lexapro.

I'm just speechless.

By the way, you have no idea how great it is that your lexapro is still working for you. I wish to God is was for me. I'm happy for you. Hope it continues.

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Oh! Interesting. I didn't realize your friend starts/adds a new AD and then goes back to just Lexapro. I have never heard of that , but if he trusts and follows what his doc. says, I guess it's good it works for him.
Since Lexapro has stopped working for you, maybe your doc will just slowly switch you to a different SSRI?

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ljenner, i don't know this person, just read about him, but yep, that's what he does. If i ever get motivated enough to go back to the dr. (been there so many times recently without good results), i'm going to tell him about.

Thing is, you have to be on an SSRI that doesn't work that great or doesn't work at all to get back to what does. I don't know.

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I just seen my dr this week and I take Effexor xr--he said that it is not uncommon for these types of meds to stop working. He said it dulls the body??? My guess is body gets used to it. I do not want to increase dose at all and do hope to be able to stop it one day.

Stopping and starting these types of meds seems risky to me. I would make sure dr knows what you are doing.

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Originally Posted by sickofpain2

I just seen my dr this week and I take Effexor xr--he said that it is not uncommon for these types of meds to stop working. He said it dulls the body??? My guess is body gets used to it. I do not want to increase dose at all and do hope to be able to stop it one day.

Stopping and starting these types of meds seems risky to me. I would make sure dr knows what you are doing.

Best of luck

Starting and stopping certain AD's like Zoloft and Paxil can screw up the brain and cause severe anger,paranoi and all kind of side affects.If I ever have another depressive disorder Prozac would be the choice because its by far the easiest to come off of.

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I would be afraid of the withdrawal. I stopped Zoloft cold trukey once because of the side effects. The withdrawal symptoms were like the side effects to the 10th power. I should have came off of it slowly.